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V-Disc: The Songs That Went To War (WWII 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition)

by: Various Artists; André Kostelanetz & His Orchestra; Bea Wain; Benny Goodman and His Orchestra; Bob Crosby; Bob Eberly; Buddy Clark; Buddy Rich; Bunk Johnson; Connee Boswell; Count Basie & His Orchestra; Don Redman; Duke Ellington & His Orchestra; Eddie Heywood Sextet; Ella Fitzgerald; Elliot Lawrence; Ethel Merman; Freddy Martin; Gene Krupa and His Orchestra; Glenn Miller; Hal McIntyre; Harry James; Hazel Scott; Herb Jeffries; Hoagy Carmichael; Hot Lips Page; Jack Leonard; Jack Teagarden; Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra; Jimmy Dorsey; Jimmy Rushing; Jo Stafford; Johnny Long; Josh White; Kay Kyser; Kay Starr; Korn Kobblers; Lena Horne; Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra; Louis Armstrong; Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five; Louis Prima and His Orchestra; Marian Anderson; Marie Greene; Martha Tilton; Mildred Bailey; Muggsy Spanier; Original Dixieland Jazz Band; Paul Nero; Paul Robeson; Peggy Lee; Perry Como; Phil Brito; Pvt. Vicente Gomez (U.S. Army); Randy Brooks; Red Norvo and His Orchestra; Roy Eldridge and His Orchestra; Russ Morgan; Sam Donahue; Sam Donahue & The Band of the US Liberation Forces; Sammy Kaye; Slim Gaillard Trio; Stan Kenton; Stan Kenton and His Orchestra; The Andrews Sisters; The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra; The Les Paul; The Loumell Morgan Trio; The Mills Brothers; The Nat King Cole Trio; The Three Suns; Three Jesters; Tommy Dorsey; Tony Pastor; Trummy Young; V-Disc Jumpers; Woody Herman; Woody Herman and His Orchestra

Time Life Music (OPCD-4537 / OPCD-4538)

Publication date: 1992

Contributor: Internet Archive

Language: English

This item is available with audio samples only

Tracklist:

Disc 1:
1. Victory Polka - The Andrews Sisters
2. After You’ve Gone - Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
3. Goodbye Sue - Perry Como
4. Just a Gigolo - Louis Prima and His Orchestra
5. Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe - Woody Herman and His Orchestra
6. Twilight Time - The Three Suns
7. I Get the Blues When It Rains - Peggy Lee
8. I Love You - André Kostelanetz & His Orchestra
9. Ride On - Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
10. Screamin’ Boogie - Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
11. Jack Armstrong Blues - Louis Armstrong
12. Beyond the Blue Horizon - Martha Tilton
13. Stormy Weather - Glenn Miller
14. Candy - The Nat King Cole Trio
15. Ooh, Hot Dawg - Gene Krupa and His Orchestra
16. Till Then - The Mills Brothers
17. Pee Wee Speaks - Muggsy Spanier
18. I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town - Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
19. Billy-A-Dick - Hoagy Carmichael
20. High Tide - Count Basie & His Orchestra

Disc 2:
1. Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen - Kay Starr
2. For Dancers Only - Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra
3. How Little We Know - Buddy Clark
4. I’ll Always Be in Love With You - Ella Fitzgerald
5. I’ve Found a New Baby - Roy Eldridge and His Orchestra
6. I’m Goin’ to Tell God All My Troubles - Paul Robeson
7. Just You, Just Me - Eddie Heywood Sextet
8. Fried Chicken O’Routee - Slim Gaillard Trio
9. When I Grow Too Old to Dream - Bob Crosby
10. Brotherly Jump - The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
11. The Skeik of Araby - Hot Lips Page
12. My Melancholy Baby - Sam Donahue & The Band of the US Liberation Forces
13. Four or Five Times - Trummy Young
14. Flying Home - Red Norvo and His Orchestra
15. Waltzing Matilda - Josh White
16. Sleepy Time Gal - Jack Leonard
17. My Reverie - Bea Wain
18. I Understand - Bob Eberly
19. It Don’t Mean a Thing - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

Disc 3:
1. Tail End Charlie - Glenn Miller
2. Blue Moon - Jo Stafford
3. Willie - Elliot Lawrence
4. Makin' Whoopie - Tony Pastor
5. Take Me Out to the Ball Game - The Loumell Morgan Trio
6. It's Easy to Remember - Marie Greene
7. Harvard Blues - Jimmy Rushing
8. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans - Connee Boswell
9. The Hot Canary - Paul Nero
10. Stan KentonSouthern Scandal - Stan Kenton
11. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child - Marian Anderson
12. If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight - Jack Teagarden
13. Dinah - Sam Donahue
14. I Can't Give You Anything but Love - Lena Horne
15. In a Shanty in Old Shantytown - Johnny Long
16. Bunk JohnsonI Can't Escape from You - Bunk Johnson
17. The Martins and the Coys - Three Jesters
18. TrioHow High the Moon - The Les Paul
19. So Tired - Russ Morgan
20. That's Rich - Buddy Rich

Disc 4:
1. Paramount on Parade - Tommy Dorsey
2. Share Croppin' Blues - Kay Starr
3. Stompin' At the Savoy - Randy Brooks
4. Body and Soul - Herb Jeffries
5. Tiger Rag - Original Dixieland Jazz Band
6. Rose Room - Harry James
7. Come Back to Sorrento - Phil Brito
8. Pistol Packin' Mama - Don Redman
9. Why Do They Call a Private a Private - Ethel Merman
10. Apple Honey - Woody Herman
11. Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' - Jimmy Dorsey
12. Downhearted Blues - Mildred Bailey
13. Minuet/Mazurka - Pvt. Vicente Gomez (U.S. Army)
14. Honeysuckle Rose - Hazel Scott
15. Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto #1 - Freddy Martin
16. Cuddle Up a Little Closer - Sammy Kaye
17. Singin' in the Rain - Hal McIntyre
18. Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing - Korn Kobblers
19. Love Is Just Around the Corner - V-Disc Jumpers
20. Victory Polka - Kay Kyser

Notes

This double disc set was packaged in two separate jewel cases. The order of the images was chosen to best reflect the actual experience of looking through the physical material.